Listen to this rhyme it was written by Roald Dahl.
How do you think he gets his ideas ?
WALT make predictions using our prior knowledge.
Look at the covers, read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think this story is going to be about ? What would you expect to find out ?
Write you ideas on to Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your post on Wallwisher and embed it on your page.
WALT use our knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to work out the meaning of words.
auto is a prefix. Make a list of words in Wordle (iMac) or Wordsalad (iPad) of words starting with auto.
What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
bio is a prefix. Make a list of words in Wordle (iMac) or Wordsalad (iPad)of words starting with bio.
What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
graph is a suffix. Make a list of words in Wordle (iMac) or Wordsalad (iPad)
graph in it ?What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
Read About the Author.
Timeline
On Dipity time line fill in dates and events that were important in Roald Dahl's life. Keeping adding information as you read.
WALT summarise information using key words. Use this mind map to add more information about Roald Dahl as you read.
Click on the links below and make a vocabulary word map for the words listed.
Take a screen shot of your completed word map and upload to the wallwisher.
Online dictionary
Papa and Mama.
Pages 1 to 15
Answer these questions:
Where was the hometown of the family?
What was set up in Bute Street, Cardiff?
How old was Roald Dahl in 1918?
What did Harald and Oscar have in common?
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.
Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file Papa and Mama and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
Family tree WALT summarise information by thinking and searching. After reading Papa and Mama, fill in Roald Dahl's family tree. can you add any other information by searching in other places. Take a photo of the family tree once completed and embed on your wiki page. Make you own family tree. ( How far back can you go )
Kindergarten, 1922- 1923 (age 6-7)
Pages 1 to 7 Answer these questions.
Who died from appendicitis?
What factors contributed to Harald's death?
Why didn't Roald's mother not go back to Norway when her husband died ?
What kind of person was Roald's mother, back up your answer with quotes from the text.
What is the difference between Kindergarten on Wales and in New Zealand ?
Can you remember any incidents or events that happened to you when you attended kindergarten, playcentre or preschool. Write a short paragraph detailing those events onto your wiki page.
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.
Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file Kindergarten and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server. Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923- 1925 (age 7-9)
The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop.
Pages 1 to 14.
Answer these questions.
What happened at age 7 ?
What was Roald Dahl's greatst ambition when he was 7 years old and why ?
What did the four boys always do on the way from school ?
Why did he feel like a hero ?
According to Thwaites's father, what is Bootlace Liquorice made of ? How is it made ? What happens to everyone who eats it ?
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.
Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
WALT use key words to summarise information.
Choose two sweets described in the text and list key words that describe the sweets. (Think of the senses: Look, smell, taste, hear, feel)
As a group decide on your favourite sweet and brainstorm words that describe this sweet.
The Great Mouse Plot , Mr Coombes and Mrs Pratchett's revenge.
Pages 1 to 5, 1 to 16 and 1 to 11.
Answer these questions. Post your answers as a group on Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your group's answer and embed it on your page.
On page 3 "There was a faint scent of danger in the air now" What do this mean ?
What did the Deputy Head demand ?
Who did Mrs Pratchett point at first ?
What was strange about the way Mrs Pratchett spoke ?
How did the writer describe having the cane ?
How did his mother react to Roald getting the cane?
In pages make a menu of the food that was available for breakfast. Find the folder Breakfast menu and write your menu, add pictures. Save your answers in your folder on the server. Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
A Visit to the Doctor.
Pages 1 to 6
Answer these questions. Post your answers as a group on Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your group's answer and embed it on your page. What was the one unpleasant memory of Norway ? Describe what happened.
WALT make connections between the story and our prior knowledge. Have you been to hospital and had your tonsils or adenoids out ? Write what happened and how was it different to Roald's experience.
Table of Contents
How do you think he gets his ideas ?
Look at the covers, read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think this story is going to be about ? What would you expect to find out ?
Write you ideas on to Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your post on Wallwisher and embed it on your page.
WALT use our knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to work out the meaning of words.
What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
graph in it ?What do you think it means ?
Take a screen shot of your wordle and embed it on your wiki page.
Read About the Author.
Timeline
On Dipity time line fill in dates and events that were important in Roald Dahl's life. Keeping adding information as you read.WALT summarise information using key words. Use this mind map to add more information about Roald Dahl as you read.
Roald Dahl on Dipity.
Vocabulary
Click on the links below and make a vocabulary word map for the words listed.
Take a screen shot of your completed word map and upload to the wallwisher.
Papa and Mama.
Pages 1 to 15Answer these questions:
- Where was the hometown of the family?
- What was set up in Bute Street, Cardiff?
- How old was Roald Dahl in 1918?
- What did Harald and Oscar have in common?
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file Papa and Mama and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
Family tree
WALT summarise information by thinking and searching.
After reading Papa and Mama, fill in Roald Dahl's family tree. can you add any other information by searching in other places. Take a photo of the family tree once completed and embed on your wiki page.
Make you own family tree. ( How far back can you go )
Kindergarten, 1922- 1923 (age 6-7)
Pages 1 to 7Answer these questions.
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.
Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file Kindergarten and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923- 1925 (age 7-9)
The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop.
Pages 1 to 14.Answer these questions.
After each answer decide (using QAR) what type of question are you being asked.
Go to Rooms on the server and find the folder Boy by Roald Dahl. Find the file The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop and write your answers underneath the questions in full sentences. Save you answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
WALT use key words to summarise information.
Choose two sweets described in the text and list key words that describe the sweets. (Think of the senses: Look, smell, taste, hear, feel)
As a group decide on your favourite sweet and brainstorm words that describe this sweet.
The Great Mouse Plot , Mr Coombes and Mrs Pratchett's revenge.
Pages 1 to 5, 1 to 16 and 1 to 11.Answer these questions. Post your answers as a group on Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your group's answer and embed it on your page.
Going to Norway, The Magic island.Pages 1 to 11 and 1 to 11.
Answer these questions.Post your answers as a group on Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your group's answer and embed it on your page.
In pages make a menu of the food that was available for breakfast.
Find the folder Breakfast menu and write your menu, add pictures. Save your answers in your folder on the server.
Take a screen shot and embed it on your wiki page.
A Visit to the Doctor.
Pages 1 to 6Answer these questions. Post your answers as a group on Wallwisher. Take a screen shot of your group's answer and embed it on your page.
What was the one unpleasant memory of Norway ? Describe what happened.
WALT make connections between the story and our prior knowledge.
Have you been to hospital and had your tonsils or adenoids out ? Write what happened and how was it different to Roald's experience.